Anti-trafficking and sex slavery

ABC NEPAL – against Trafficking and Sex Slavery

In Brijatnagar

Fundraising closer to home

In June 2013, Do Good Now made the first trip to Kathmandu to learn more about which steps we can take to prevent human trafficking. We visited ABC Nepal, founded and run by Durga Ghimire, a brave woman who has dedicated her life to prevent sex slavery and work for human rights in Nepal.

About Durga:Durga has created transit homes for young people who have become victims of human trafficking and sex slavery. At the Indian border, she has saved hundreds of girls from being sold to the seedy brothels and the cynical sex industry. She has courage and hope for the future - which we want to share. We hope you will join us!

Through her work, Durga has brought inspiration to thousands of girls and women who have been oppressed and exploited, yet found a way to start a new life for themselves with new hopes and new dreams.

In November 2015, Do Good Now visited Kathmandu and the ABC Nepal transit home. Olivia is a senior in high school and as her final project, she made a documentary about human trafficking and sex slavery in Nepal:

In April 2016 we visited the staff in Brijatnagar, sponsored by Do Good Now. Two brave persons work closely with the Nepalese and Indian police to prevent girls to be transported over the open border to India.

A typical case:

Imagine that you are ten years old and live in Kathmandu together with your mother, five siblings and your stepfather. One day your parents are persuaded by a “middle-man” to sell you to a textile factory in India, to earn money to send home to your family. The middle-man takes you on a bus with false passport and documentation to cross the open border to India, where he sells you to a brothel.

Why India? Because brothels are illegal in Nepal, but not in some places in India.Also, it is so easy to transport people over the border illegally, in trucks, the trunks of cars or by bus and train. The controls at the border are poor, and corruption is widespread. Therefore, it is imperative to be present and disseminate this information around the Nepalese villages, where there is illiteracy and where news of the outside world rarely reach.

Social workers at the open border to India

Street dramas:Therefore, Do Good Now sponsors awareness programs through ABC Nepal via information campaigns in schools and 'street dramas' where the ABC Nepal’s staff together with the police plays theatre in the streets to educate the local population about how easy it is to be tricked and sold into slavery.